Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute
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2239 Lawrence Avenue East Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, M1P 2P1 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°44′54″N 79°16′42″W / 43.74833°N 79.27833°WCoordinates: 43°44′54″N 79°16′42″W / 43.74833°N 79.27833°W |
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| School type | Public, High school |
| Motto | Your Community Place for Learning Fides, Virtus, Doctrina (Faith, Excellence, Knowledge) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Status | Active |
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Toronto District School Board (Scarborough Board of Education) |
| School district | South-east |
| Superintendent | Audley Salmon |
| Area trustee | David Smith |
| School number | 4196 / 954039 |
| Administrator | Shannon Meechan |
| Principal | Ian Bain |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 644 (2015-16) |
| Language | English |
| Campus size | 15 acres |
| Colour(s) | Purple, Black, Grey, White, Scarlet, Silver |
| Mascot | Bulldogs |
| Team name | Churchill Bulldogs |
| Feeder schools | Dorset Park Public School Ellesmere-Statton Public School General Crerar Public School Ionview Public School Robert Service Sr. Public School |
| Website | www |
Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute (Winston Churchill CI, WCCI, Churchill) is a public high school in the Dorset Park neighbourhood of Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is owned and operated by the Toronto District School Board (and the former Scarborough Board of Education prior to merger.) Although the language of instruction is English, 59 percent of the students do not use English as their primary language, and 26 percent have resided in Canada less than five years. In Spring 2007, there were 554 male students and 467 female students. Since then, the enrollment sits below 1000 with 644 students. The motto for Winston Churchill is Fides, Virtus, Doctrina which means "Faith, Excellence, Knowledge".
In the years after World War II, several areas formed new subdivisions and homes developed from farmlands. The Scarborough Collegiate Institute Board needed a high school in the central Scarborough area as two older secondary schools, Scarborough Collegiate Institute to the south and Agincourt Collegiate Institute to the north were filled to capacity.
As a result, on December 4, 1953, the datestone for Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute was set in place by the SCIB. The Collegiate Board later formed the Scarborough Board of Education in January 1954. While the school was named after the British Prime Minister during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill, the school's name does not have a Sir; it is simply Winston Churchill C.I.
The school building was designed by an architectural firm, Carter, Coleman & Rankin and the building completed during the eight-month span. Churchill opened to its first 690 students on September 7, 1954 as the third high school in Scarborough under the founding principal, A. B. Alison. Initially, the facilities began with 20 classrooms, library, cafeteria, main office, and the gymnatorium. Today, Churchill now has a capacity to hold 1,353 pupils.
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